Hong Kong themed One-woman Show

🎭Hong Kong Themed Drama - In an Alternative Universe, I Don’t Want to Live in the UK

"In an Alternative Universe, I Don’t Want to Live in the UK" is a solo performance written and performed by Hong Kong musician/actress Catherine Li. 🎶Featuring original music and interactive voting sessions, the play invites audiences to journey through her memories of why Hongkongers come to the UK and the process of integrating into life there, alongside her inner struggles. 🗳Get ready to be part of the action as you help shape the story in the protagonist's parallel universe! 🪐

Date: 4th May 2024 (Saturday)

Time: 2.30-3.30pm

Location: THE WELLSPRING CHURCH CENTRE

1 WELLSPRING WAY, WATFORD, HERTS. WD17 2AH

Language: English

Fee: Free

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Trailer: https://youtu.be/Gc75V2AtmXo

In an Alternative Universe, I Don’t Want to Live in the UK係由香港音樂人/演員Catherine Li自篇自演嘅一人劇目，設有不同原創音樂🎶同投票環節。劇中帶各位一同回憶香港人嚟到英國嘅初衷，以及適應英國生活嘅過程同內心掙扎。歡迎一齊嚟探索主角嘅平行時空，你嘅選擇都有機會影響故事發展🗳，可能會為你帶來一點共鳴。🪐亦係好機會向英國本地朋友介紹香港人移民英國心路歷程。

日期：2024 年 5 月 4 日（星期六）

時間：2.30-3.30pm

地點：THE WELLSPRING CHURCH CENTRE

1 WELLSPRING WAY, WATFORD, HERTS. WD17 2AH

語言：英文

費用：免費

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This is a 45-minute solo audience participatory show on a Hongkonger's journey of becoming self-exiled in the UK, which will explore Hongkongers' reasons to come to the UK, process of integration, and the relevant grief and struggles throughout the journey, via actor-musicianship. It contains moments of comedy (initial excitement of coming to the UK), and also the relevant political weight of an immigrant's life.

As the writer, songwriter and performer myself, the audience could participate in my journey of making critical life decisions with instant online voting, that would offer a glimpse into my possibilities (i.e. parallel universes) if I have made a particular decision, which would lead to a different life.

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About Catherine Li:

Catherine Li is a Hongkongese artivist, musician and model, whose creative work focuses on freedom and human rights. She has recently completed her second MA for Actor Musicianship at Rose Bruford College, London, an international drama school. She completed her first MA (Theatre & Performance Studies) at King’s College London in 2020 and BA (English) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2018. Her cover of the song “Glory to Hong Kong”, a protest anthem of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, has received 1M views on YouTube and is on the Hong Kong government’s banned list of songs. Since 2019, she has been regularly creating pro-democracy performances to raise awareness for Hong Kong in the UK and Europe, working on campaigns to advocate for the rights of the Hong Kong diaspora and the oppression of the Chinese Communist Party on both community and international levels, and organising groups and events within the UK-Hong Kong community, which has now grown to a population of near 180,000 across the UK. Her recent work includes organising the first UK-Hong Kong Summit, curating Hong Kong-themed arts exhibitions, performing pro-democracy songs in UK and Europe human rights events, submitting a report on the freedom of expression for the UN's 2024 Universal Periodic Review on China, writing and performing her first solo actor-musician show “In an Alternate Universe, I Don’t Want to Live in the UK”.

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